Category: Personal Motivation

A few weeks ago, it was tough to avoid stories in the news media that glorified Jeff Bezos’s ascent to the richest person on earth. And then, just a …

In honor of Independence Day and the patriotism that we all feel towards our country, let’s veer off the personal finance path for a moment. For starters, if you …

Conformity can take you a long ways in many areas of your life. That is why we all participate in it – consciously or not. Even if we take …

Most of us fail miserably at personal finance. In this country, personal savings rate are abysmal, net worths are tiny, and retirement savings are almost non-existent – across all …

If you’ve spent any amount of time reading personal finance advice, you’ve surely come across gurus or opinionated individuals with an unwavering faith in the power of income to …

Motivating oneself to hit big financial goals through saving and investing over the long-term is often a mental game. And it’s a game that many of us lose in …

Last week, 3 different friends sent me a link to what has apparently become a viral article: The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans. The article was written by Neal …

My recent post on the poor financial outlook for millennials reprised my occasional role as Debbie Downer (is there a male version of that name?), but I like to …